I Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Library Ladder

“I had been scaling the bookcases in the library, pretending I was a noted Alpinist, when my foot slipped and a heavy book was knocked to the floor.”

-The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley.

Source: Sallie Trout/ Trout Studios

Not for the faint of heart. Designer Sallie Trout built shelves in an inaccessible stairwell. Unable to reach them any other way, she fastened a bosun’s chair to a ceiling chain, and raises or lowers herself to collect books.